The Death Care Industry: African American Cemeteries and Funeral Homes

The Death Care Industry: African American Cemeteries and Funeral Homes
ISBN-10
0962946834
ISBN-13
9780962946837
Category
Social Science
Pages
623
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
Roberta Hughes Wright
Authors
Roberta Hughes Wright, Wilbur B. Hughes, Barbara K. Hughes Smith

Description

. Cemeteries hold a special significance in African American culture because they provide an important and elusive link on tracing African heritage- a practice made more difficult by the institution of slavery. Borrowing its name from a traditional spiritual, Lay down Body provides a unique glimpse into some of the oldest and most fundamental values of African American culture, many of which are preserved only in cemeteries.This edition also has more wonderful, new stories about cemeteries throughout the United States and about fourteen Funeral Homes that are family-owned and had their beginnings back in the 1800s. Full background information describes 300 representative cemeteries throughput the U.S and Canada, and riveting stories recount the struggles of African Americans to maintain vestiges of their heritage through funeral rites and ownership of burial grounds.Anyone tracing African American family lines will find Living History an invaluable aid in locating many of the cemeteries and learning what kinds of information to look for.Chapters in The Death Care Industry include: Cemetery Preservation; Genealogy; Customs and new customs; Cremations, Mausoleums and related stories); New Orleans and the above-ground burials; New Orleans during and after Katrina; Burial Lodges and Societies as they once existed; Federal Rules for everyone's needs-the specifics on at-need and pre-need purchases and how to plan the entire funeral and so much more

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